Project Officer - WaSH at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

General Responsibilities

• Adherence to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines, policies and procedures and other NRC tools and handbooks;
• Coordinate the Hygiene promotion (HP) and community mobilization (CM) activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
• Assists the WASH Project Coordinator in all aspects of HP and CM programs planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Assists in the identification of communities/IDPs Hygiene promotion needs
• Develop tools and materials for HP and CM
• Assess the HP and CM needs of the communities/IDPs and assists in the development of appropriate training materials and plans
• Conducts a training session on HP and CM for the local Hygiene Promoters
• Working closely with the technical officer and Project Coordinator to assists in the establishment, and training of water point committees as well as monitoring their performance
• Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements
• Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities
• Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures

Specific Responsibilities

• The Hygiene Promotion Officer is expected to achieve the following during this contract period.
• Ensuring beneficiaries selection for the Non-food Items (NFI) distribution
• Monitoring Hygiene Kits distribution within the communities
• Train hygiene promotors
• Preparing weekly progress reports and others documents required for NFI distribution
• Assists in the compilation of weekly and monthly hygiene promotion reports, program documents, project proposals, and budgets
• Active participation on hygiene promotion and nutrition sector working group
• Performs any other duties as requested by the WASH Project Coordinator

Qualifications

• Higher diploma in public health, social science or communication
• Minimum 3 years’ experience from working with hygiene promotion/communities mobilization projects in a humanitarian/recovery context. Experience from working with social work and/or with distribution of humanitarian assistance is an advantage.
• Must have a good knowledge of hygiene promotion in emergency/recovery context.
• Familiarity with international minimum standards of water, hygiene, sanitation (i.e., SPHERE) is an advantage
• Must have previous experience in training and Training of Trainers.
• Excellent communication skills – written and spoken – in English required.
• Fluency in one or more of the national/regional languages (Hausa and Kanuri preferred)
• Must be willing to work as a team member, take direction, and share technical skills with colleagues and counterparts
• Computer literacy in word processing and spreadsheets is required,

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the context of Northeast Nigeria
• Experience with start-up activities
• Experience Hygiene promotion in choleras outbreak context within the host communities and camps

Personal qualification

• Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision.
• Highest standards of ethics and integrity
• Ability to work in insecure environments
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Planning and delivering results
• All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Codes of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable

We offer
Commencement: As soon as possible
Contract period: 12 Months
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s directions
Duty station: Maiduguri, Borno State with 50% to field visit